EP2176830A4 - Face and skin sensitive image enhancement - Google Patents

Face and skin sensitive image enhancement

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EP2176830A4
EP2176830A4 EP08754589.3A EP08754589A EP2176830A4 EP 2176830 A4 EP2176830 A4 EP 2176830A4 EP 08754589 A EP08754589 A EP 08754589A EP 2176830 A4 EP2176830 A4 EP 2176830A4
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face
image enhancement
sensitive image
skin sensitive
skin
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French (fr)
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Hila Nachlieli
Darryl Greig
Doron Shaked
Ruth Bergman
Carl Staelin
Shlomo Harush
Mani Fischer
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    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T5/00—Image enhancement or restoration
    • G06T5/73—Deblurring; Sharpening
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    • G06T5/90—Dynamic range modification of images or parts thereof
    • G06T5/94—Dynamic range modification of images or parts thereof based on local image properties, e.g. for local contrast enhancement
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    • G06T2207/00—Indexing scheme for image analysis or image enhancement
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    • G06T2207/20004—Adaptive image processing
    • G06T2207/20012—Locally adaptive
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    • G06T2207/20076—Probabilistic image processing
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    • G06T2207/30—Subject of image; Context of image processing
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    • G06T2207/30201—Face

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EP08754589.3A 2007-05-29 2008-05-20 Face and skin sensitive image enhancement Not-in-force EP2176830B1 (en)

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US11/754,711 US8031961B2 (en) 2007-05-29 2007-05-29 Face and skin sensitive image enhancement
PCT/US2008/006474 WO2008153702A1 (en) 2007-05-29 2008-05-20 Face and skin sensitive image enhancement

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EP2176830A4 true EP2176830A4 (en) 2013-09-04
EP2176830B1 EP2176830B1 (en) 2018-03-28

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